Paul S Person <pspe...@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote in
news:62ocbgtvbahlj78sb...@4ax.com:
Business is business, and even politicians know which side their
graft and corruption is buttered on.
>
> The bicyclists were referred to side streets and a major
> arterial several blocks over that had bike lanes. None of the
> articles I read pointed out that the first few blocks east of
> 35th Ave NE are located on a very steep hillside, rather hard to
> pedal up. The major street is in the valley east of the hill.
That would produce less pushback from the masshole types, I
imagine.
>
> Of course, with electric bikes, the hills are (apparently) ...
> less formidable than they used to be. These bikes are, of
> course, more stealable because they cost more to buy and, of
> necessity, are left outside a lot.
Surf City has a *serious* problem with bicycle theft, electric or
not. The city has been embroiled in a lawsuit with the state over
providing shelter space that has hamstrung the ability of the
police to roust the homeless types, no matter how egregious their
behavior. So we have homeless meth-heads literally setting up
bicycle chop shops *in the city parks*, to strip them down for
parts, or, in at least one case, hang the frames from trees to
repaint with spray paint (undoubtedly huffing the paint while they
do), all for a few bucks for their next fix.